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The Jiroft Tablets & the Future of Iranian Archaeology in the Science

Really quickly, Andrew Lawler has published more than just new news on the the origins of civilization.

He’s also reporting on Yousef Madjidzadeh’s debacle involving the authenticity of the Jiroft tablets… you should read about current situation summarized in his article, “Ancient Writing or Modern Fakery?”

If you want some more background on the excavations at Jiroft, Andrew’s covered that before, but for Smithsonian, there are also two excellent review articles of the excavations at Jiroft here as well as “What was Jiroft?”

Here’s an illustration and also a photograph of one of the Jiroft tablets: